The Recognition and Sales Awards Committee is seeking nominations for Columbus REALTORS® Broker, Salesperson, Rising Star, Affiliate and Citizen of the Year! If you or someone you know is deserving of this recognition, please contact Lynn Hackworth , (614) 498-1021, with either your or their name. The nomination deadline is Fri., Feb. 27, 2015. The awards ceremony will be held on Apr. 23, 11a, at Bridgewater Banquet and Conference Center.

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02/12/2015

Please be aware that members whose membership dues are not paid by Feb 3, 2015 will be assessed a late fee of $25 and all member services, including MLS access and electronic keys, will be deactivated.

If you have already paid your due balance, please disregard this notice.

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02/03/2015

Weather conditions are always a factor, especially in winter.  Please familiarize yourself with the class and event cancellation policy below if you are scheduled to attend a class or event at Columbus REALTORS® offices.

Summary of Weather Policy:
If Franklin County issues a Level 2 Snow Advisory Columbus REALTORS® classes, events and meetings are canceled for the day. If Franklin County declares a Level 3 Snow Emergency Columbus REALTORS® will be closed for the day.

Check Snow Alert status.

Click here to view the full policy: https://columbusrealtors.com/Classes_Events/Weather_Policy.aspx

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01/30/2015

A new “Notify” checkbox has been added to the contact manager for any contact that has more than one email address.  You may have read about this new notification option in the red headline at the top of the Flexmls window.

VERY IMPORTANT: This new “Notify” checkbox on the contact record currently only applies to ASAP auto-email.  Weekly and Monthly auto-email will only send to the primary email on the contact record.

This new feature allows ASAP email to be sent to multiple email addresses as long as the “Notify” checkbox is selected for any additional email address to which the auto-email should be sent.  The Weekly and Monthly auto-email events will continue to sent only to the primary email (the first, at the top, email) until they are converted to the new FBS email system.

This new “Notify” checkbox option is part of a major email system upgrade being installed in stages to Flexmls. The email upgrade for Weekly/Monthly auto-email is expected in March 2015.  That update will make the “Notify” checkbox work for all Flexmls email, not just ASAP and manual email as it does today. Currently, all ASAP auto-email and manual email are sent using the new email system, while Weekly and Monthly auto-email are still being sent using the old email system.  This is the reason for the discrepancy between ASAP and Weekly/Monthly email functions.  Since Weekly/Monthly email are on the old system, they do not interface with the new “notify” checkbox that is part of the new MLS system.

Workarounds:

If you need to have 2 email addresses associated with one client currently using Weekly/Monthly auto-email, there are 2 ways to accomplish this:

1) Create a separate contact for each email address.  For example, if a husband and wife prospect both have an email address, simply create a contact for each individual rather than one contact with 2 email addresses.  You can add both contacts (one email each) to the Auto-email event and the email will be delivered as expected.

2) If your client is willing to receive ASAP auto-email instead of Weekly (3 times daily) or Monthly (once per month), you could change their Auto-email Event settings from Weekly or Monthly to ASAP.  Since ASAP is on the new email system, the “Notify” checkbox will correctly deliver email to both addresses.  Make sure your client is willing to have ASAP email delivery, as this can generate a lot of email (potentially every minute) for “wide-open” searches with large amounts of matching listings.

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01/28/2015

The MLS fields School District, Corp Limit Per Auditor, and Township will now be auto-populated from information collected by the MLS department for our primary counties. This auto-population requires that Realist first auto-populate Tax District. Only the 13 counties that are included in Realist tax data will be able to auto-populate these additional fields. Video Tutorial available at the bottom of this page.

Please review the information in these fields for your current listings. Although it is auto-populated from information that was tested and presumed accurate, there is still a possibility that incorrect information may exist. Please verify these 3 fields and if inaccuracy is found, please email techsupport@columbusrealtors.com to report any disparities from the auditor record.

REMINDER: You must auto-populate tax data from Realist to initiate auto-population of School District, Corp Limit and Township. These field selections are based on Realist-populated tax district. If the tax district is not auto-populated by Realist at time of listing entry, the School District, Corp Limit, and Township will NOT auto-populate. Therefore, just like Realist, only the 13 counties supported by Realist can be auto-populated.

Watch the Auto-pop Tutorial

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The following items has been set as default “Yes” on Add/Edit.  These items appear on the Export tab in the Seller Opt Out section. This change is to return Flexmls to the same default used by the previous MLS add/edit default.

• Seller Directs Listing to Not Be Used in AVMs on Internet
• Seller Directs Listing to Not Allow Comments on Internet

These 2 selections will now automatically be checked when entering a new listings.  The previous MLS system mirrored these default settings.  These settings were apparently missed when converting to the new Flexmls system. This change merely returns to the previous system default.

The MLS committee has chosen to re-institute the default settings from the previous MLS.  This means that new listings will, by default,  NOT be available for AVMs or Internet Comments.  This setting can easily be unchecked by any listing agent when adding a new listing or editing an existing listing.  This is only the default setting and does not affect existing listings.  The setting chosen at time of listing entry will be retained.  This only affects newly entered listings from January 21, 2015 forward.

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01/21/2015

The Android version of Flexmls has been released in the Google Play store.  The new app is in it’s early stages.  There are some known issues already.  Updates and bug fixes may be rolled out in the weeks to come. Please keep an eye on your Play Store for any updates and apply when available.

You can download the app by searching “flexmls” in the Google Play website or on the App Store app on your phone.

Please note: Flexmls for Android requires Android OS version 4.1 or newer.  Flexmls app exists for the iPhone (in the App Store) as well.

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01/20/2015

The Columbus REALTORS association headquarters will be close on Monday, January 19 in observance of Martin Luther King Day. The association will open for normal business hours on Tuesday at 8:30am.

Schedule:
Monday, January 19, 2015 – Closed
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 – Open at 8:30am

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01/16/2015

See full obituary here:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dispatch/obituary.aspx?n=marvin-lee-hill&pid=173754580&fhid=8704

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01/15/2015

CoreLogic will be performing system maintenance on the evening of Friday January 9, 2015, beginning at 11:00 PM EST through 2:00 AM EST.   Realist will be unavailable during this maintenance period.

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01/07/2015